Bonds jury slated to begin deliberations

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SAN FRANCISCO
— Barry Bonds’ legal fate now rests with the eight women and four men comprising the jury that presided over his perjury trial.

The jury is scheduled to begin deliberations Friday at 8:30 a.m. local time in San Francisco.

Baseball’s all-time home run leader is charged with three counts of lying to a grand jury in 2003 and a count of obstruction for denying that he knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs and for saying no one other than his doctors gave him an injection.

If convicted on any of the charges, federal guidelines recommend a prison sentence of between 15 and 21 months, though Bonds’ punishment could be far less severe.